
West Oxford Artweeks 2017
The annual Oxfordshire Artweeks festival
approaches, spanning the whole of May, with
particular focus on Oxford City from 20th–29th May.
This year, West Oxford (specifically Osney Island,
Botley Road, Osney Mead & Botley areas) has 28
artists exhibiting in 10 locations, ranging from group
exhibitions to artists showing their work at home or
from their studios. With such a strong presence at various points off the
Botley Road, a trail map is being prepared to encourage people to take
in all the exhibits in the area, a community of local artists working together
to promote each others work. This map will be available at local Artweeks
exhibitions and in next month’s Sprout – keep an eye out for copies at the
library and the community centre too!
As ever, the work on show covers a wide range of media - exhibits in
Botley alone will cover printmaking, collage, jewellery, drawings &
paintings! Sites on Osney Island, at the West Oxford Community Centre
& the Kings Centre on Osney Mead will add photography, ceramics,
mixed media works, paintings, textiles and sculpture. A broad spectrum
of styles and subjects, free for all to enjoy, with many artists having work
for sale. Some venues will even have refreshments available! Further
information can be found in the main Artweeks guide or at
www.artweeks.org
Work by local artists will include outlines of abstract landscapes by Elaine
Kazimierczuk (http://www.elainekazimierczuk.com/gallery) and you
can download them from her website
by adding /#/colouring-in-2 to the
address. Jane and Ali Hogg will
contribute works in collage, wire &
polymer clay jewellery, life drawing,
mixed media, figurative & abstract
painting, and text art, as shown on
this month’s front cover. Seven local
artists will be showing ceramics,
collage, jewellery, painting,
photography, prints, textiles & mixed
media, at West Oxford Community
Centre – one is shown on the right.
Emmett Casley